Acts 28:5

Amplified Bible

Then Paul [simply] shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and was not hurt.

Revised Standard Version
He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he shouke of the vermen into the fyre and felt no harme.

Hebrew Names Version
However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

International Standard Version
But he shook the snake into the fire and wasn't harmed.Mark 16:18; Luke 10:19;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

New Century Version
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and was not hurt.

Update Bible Version
Nevertheless he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he shook off the animal into the fire, and felt no harm.

English Standard Version
He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

World English Bible
However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But having shaken off the venomous animal into the fire, he felt no harm.

Weymouth's New Testament
He, however, shook the reptile off into the fire and was unhurt.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he schoke awei the beest in to the fier, and hadde noon harm.

English Revised Version
Howbeit he shook off the beast into the fire, and took no harm.

Berean Standard Bible
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

Contemporary English Version
Paul shook the snake off into the fire and wasn't harmed.

American Standard Version
Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

Bible in Basic English
But shaking off the beast into the fire, he got no damage.

Complete Jewish Bible
But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Darby Translation
*He* however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

Etheridge Translation
But Paulos shook his hand, and cast the viper into the fire, and nothing of evil befell him.

Murdock Translation
But Paul shook his hand, and threw the viper into the fire: and he received no harm.

King James Version (1611)
And hee shooke off the beast into the fire, and felt no harme.

New Living Translation
But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed.

New Life Bible
Paul shook off the snake into the fire. He was not hurt in any way.

New Revised Standard
He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But he shooke off the worme into the fire, and felt no harme.

George Lamsa Translation
But Paul shook his hand and threw the viper into the fire, and felt no harm.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, however, shaking of the brute into the fire, suffered no harm;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he indeed, shaking off the beast into the fire, suffered no harm.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shoke of the Uiper into the fyre, and felt no harme.

Good News Translation
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all.

Christian Standard Bible®
But he shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

King James Version
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

Lexham English Bible
He, in turn, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Literal Translation
Then he indeed shaking the beast off into the fire, he suffered no harm.

Young's Literal Translation
he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he shoke of ye beest in to the fyre, and and felt no harme.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but Paul shook off the animal into the fire without having receiv'd any hurt.

New English Translation
However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

New King James Version
But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But Paul pulled the snake off his hand and threw it in the fire. He kept working like nothing ever happened.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Legacy Standard Bible
However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Contextual Overview

¹After we were safe [on land], we found out that the island was called Malta. ²And the natives showed us extraordinary kindness and hospitality; for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, since it had begun to rain and was cold. ³But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper crawled out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. ⁴When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the avenging goddess] has not permitted him to live." ⁵Then Paul [simply] shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.⁶But they stood watching and expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began saying that he was a god. ⁷In the vicinity of that place there were estates belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed and entertained us hospitably for three days. ⁸And it happened that the father of Publius was sick [in bed] with recurring attacks of fever and dysentery; and Paul went to him, and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. ⁹After this occurred, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and being healed. ¹⁰They also gave us many honors [gifts and courtesies expressing respect]; and when we were setting sail, they supplied us with all the things we needed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

felt: Numbers 21:6-9, Psalms 91:13, Mark 16:18, Luke 10:19, John 3:14, John 3:15, Romans 16:20, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:55 - returned 2 Samuel 16:8 - returned 2 Kings 4:41 - there Psalms 104:25 - beasts Daniel 3:25 - they have no hurt Acts 28:4 - beast

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shook off the beast into the fire,.... Having held it a while, and as being master of it, and as not being afraid of it, though it was the ready way to provoke it to fasten on him again:

and felt no harm; it having not bit him, nor infected him with its poison; and hereby was fulfilled what our Lord promised to his disciples, Mark 16:18;

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he shook off ... - In this was remarkably fulfilled the promise of the Saviour Mark 16:18; “They shall take up serpents,” etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 28:5. Shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. — This is a presumptive evidence that the viper did not bite St. Paul: it fastened on his hand, but had no power to injure him.